Hair-drying device.



Mmmm)l DEG.' 5, .1905.

vNo. 806,183.

G.'B. POTTER. HAIR DRYING DEVICE.

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IINITn STATES PATnIvT OnFIOn.

OHARLEsfB'. POTTEnOF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIn-DRYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 23, 1,905. Serial No. 246,883,Y

PatentedID-ec. 5., 1905. l

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. POTTER, a

l citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair -Drying Devices, of which the followin is aspeciiication.

' lar parts.

My invention re ates to improvements in hair-drying devices.

The object of my invention is to provide a device adapted to be worn uponl the head and over which the hair may be spread for the purpose of being quickly dried.l

My invention provides, further, a frameworkadapted to be supported upon the head and provided with an o ening through which the hair may be upwar ly inserted, a support la vertical sectional view taken on the dotted'- line a b of Fig.`2, the individuals hair being represented by the dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hair-dryin device. Fig. 3 is an inside elevation view of the jointed ends of the inner ring. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a network covering connecting the two rings.-

Similar characters of reference denote simi- In its preferable form the hair-drying device comprises two flexible adjustably-expansible concentric rings 1 and 2, respectively, the outer ring .being connected by a supporting means with the inner ring, which supporting means comprises, preferably, one or more radially-disposed arms 3, the inner ends of which 'are secured to the ring 1 and the outer ends secured vto the outer ring 2.

Each of the rings 1 and 2 is preferably of flexible material, such as brass or aluminium, thereby permitting flexure of the framework into a shape corresponding to the one desired to iit the wearers head. Each of the rings is transversely divided. and has its overlapgling ends adjustable lengthwise of each ot er locking means being provided on each ring for securing together the ends thereof. The following is thel preferred form of locking means: One end of each ring is provided with a loop 1encircling the other end of the r' VA series of holes 5 are provided at intervals lengthwise adjacent one vend of the ring, each of said holes being adapted to receive a screw or equivalent device 6, extending through a hole provided in the ring adjacent its other end. On each screw 6 is mounted a nut 7,

by the adjustment of which the two ends of the rings may be securely clamped together. To vprevent the short hair from falling between the rings land 2, I provide a network 8, preferably mounted between the rings and above the arms 3. This network is preferably flexible, so as to conformv itself to the shape ofthe framework.- The said network 8 is preferably composed of resilient strands, such as soft rubber, secured, referably, by sewingv them to the rings 1 an 2. .Y

'In uslng my Invention the framework is iirst adjusted to conform to the shape and size of the wearers head by locatingthe screws 6 in the proper holes in the ringsl and 2 and afliXing upon said screws theclampingnut 7. The ring 1 is then-placed upon the crown of the wearers head, the hair being first inserted upwardly through the said inner ring and then spread out over the framework upon the'network 8 when such network is employed, the long hairs bein vpermitted to depend from the outer ring. T e hair-dry ling device is thenl worn in the manner of wearing a hat until such time 'as the hair has become sufficiently dried, which operation is quickly ee'cted by reason of the spread-out 'condition of the hair. Y I

Various modifications of my invention may -be resorted to without departing from its spirit.

Having thus l described my invention, what I claim, and desire to lsecure` by Letters Patent, is-

1. Ahair-drying devicecomprising two adjustably-eXpansib e rings disposed one with- Ioo l in the other, eachring having a lockingmeans for retaining it in its adjusted position, andl means for supporting the outer by the inner rm l 2g; A hair-dryin device comprising two ad'- j ustably-eXpansibIe rings disposed one within the other, each ring having means for locking itin its adjusted position, and one or more arms connecting said rings.

3. A hair-drying device comprising two adl IIC justably-expansible rings disposed one within l the other, each ring having means for locking it in its adjusted position, means for supporte ing the outer by the inner ring, and a flexible network connecting said rings.

4. A hair-drying device comprisin two rings disposed one within the other, eaci ring being transversely divided and having overlapping ends adjustable lengthwise upon each other and having locking rneans for securing together said ends, and means for supporting the outer by the inner ring.

5. A hair-drying device comprising an inner and an outer ring each having overlapping ends adjustable lengthwise upon each other and having locking means for securing together said ends, and one or incre arins' con-i necting said rings. j

6; A hairedrying device coinprising two transversely-divided rings disposed one within the other, each having overlapping ends CHARLES B. POTTER.

Witnesses: l WARREN D. HOUSE, a HENRY F. RosE. 

